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Have you tried getting parts for an old Farymann?  It's next to impossible so the answer is a definite yes so let the bidding begin! ;-) 

J.

Correct me if I'm wrong but couldn't you just balance the  7mm forestay with a 7mm backstay for both weight and rigidity?  I'm not sure about standing rigging nomenclature but this way  makes sense to me.

José

p.s. Hey Andrew, I saw your clip on youtube.com.  Great movie!

Hey Deb,

Hope you get access to another computer as I'd hate to see you go!  I love your insight into sailing and of course the fiery discussions every once in a while just like the last ones you posted.  It's like the UFC on CO26! In any case, have a great winter, a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year if we don't hear from you until April or May.  Hey, there's always the boat show in TO in January for a possible get together!  Ciao for now.

José

Just happy to help out a fellow Contessa owner.  Hey, maybe we could persuade Anibal for a chance to sail in the Azores?   Perhaps initiate some kind of exchange program?   What do you think? ;-)

José

p.s. Your galley looks great!  How's that hybrid stove working out.  Quite strange, but I'm sure you'll enlighten the rest of us of its attributes.

Hi Marc,

Thanks so much for pointing that out.  I did check the other sections of our forum but it didn't occur to me to check the "Tech Notes".  This helps quite a bit for everyone I'm sure.

Jose

Hi Steve,

It's interesting what you said regarding plugging the air intake with a rag to prevent moisture from coming in.  I've also heard of something called "fogging oil" which is sprayed right into the cylinder via the injector port(s).  What about just positioning the piston at top dead centre which is the compression stroke which pretty much eliminates anything coming into the cylinder?  I also agree with the notion that the mast should be taken down during the winter months as it's very stressful for the hull, rigging, etc. when the mast is subjected to very high winds not to mention heavy,frozen precipitation along with it.  At least on the water, the motion of the boat alleviates a lot of the stress mentioned above but I'm sure there's more than one school of thought regarding the subject.  Good luck on your haul out next week.  Today's haul out for me was bitter sweet at best as the weather was superb for a sail but she only had time for a twenty minute ride enough to heat up the oil before I had to change it.

José

Hi Roland,

Don't make any rash decisions until you take out the head, sleeve, piston, etc. and see how bad things really are.  I too had a similar experience when I bought Tessa in February.  While she turned when started, she couldn't really build up enough compression to ignite the diesel in her cylinder.  I thought that the piston rings were stuck in their grooves until the mechanic I hired pulled the sleeve, head, piston and we then discovered that rust build-up on the cylinder head, valves, spring had affected the seating of the valves to decrease compression.  As well, rust had formed on the walls of the cylinder wall itself causing pitting which also affects compression.  To make a long and sordid story short, the mechanic(s) pretty much told me to re-engine to the tune of CDN$ 10,000 or do a partial re-build at CDN$3,500.00 as Farymann parts can be very expensive.  Dejected, I asked my brother in law who's a millwright and he just chuckled (the nerve!) and made a couple of phone calls before he had to fly to Texas for a job for two weeks.  He had one of his suppliers in Hamilton, ON lightly hone the cylinder and clean up the cylinder head and valves of the rust and re-seat the valves and he told me to get new piston rings as they were probably 30 years old and they had to come from Germany.  Are you ready for this?  The honing and reconditioning of the cylinder head and valves as well as re-seating them came to a whopping CDN$ 40.00 (forty) and the piston ring from Germany came in at CDN $ 190.00 (that's one hundred and ninety) which at CDN$ 230.00 pales to whatever the experts wanted to take from me.  On July 1 my brother in law took all the elements and put it all back together himself and with a cheshire cat grin, he turned the key.  She fired on the first try and she's been rockin' and rollin' ever since without fail.  If you can find a reliable supplier to first of all clean off the rust and do what I just  chronicled here and have them do precise measurements of the cylinder wall just to see if you're well within tolerances which I'm gonna bet that you are then go the same route before doing anything else.  Talk to Dave at EntecWest who mirrored what my brother in law said and did which save me the cost of re-powering which shouldn't really happen very often especially on fresh water boats.  Once you get her going, make sure you put a diesel fuel additive every time you fill the tank which replaces the sulfur that they take out on today's diesel.  We need that sulfur for lubrication in our older engines.  These engines should outlast our boats.

Good luck and let me know how you fare.

Jose

Hey Pogo!

I'm about 45 minutes west of Toronto in Hamilton.  You have exactly a month before I haul Tessa out of the water and I have a fairly flexible schedule so tell me if you're interested and which dates are good for you and we'll go out for the day.  Cheers!

José